Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Stellenbosch)
Land of Hope
2020 | Stellenbosch
This Cabernet Sauvignon has depth and fullness with a plush and rounded structure and at the same has the restraint to remain elegantly poised. Amazing fruit purity in the shape of an expressive blueberry note rewards and intrigues. This is a natural interpretation of our site, on our spot land where we live and raise our children – and our fruit.
In the Vineyard
Top Cabernet Sauvignon is synonymous with South Africa’s traditionally most recognised wine region, Stellenbosch. This wine is from a single vineyard, rooted in magnificent decomposed granite & clay soils on the Helderberg Mountain in Stellenbosch. These ocean-facing vines produce some of the most complex fruit and individual flavours of the land, combining the geological and climatic uniqueness of this site. Over the winter before harvest, rainfall figures came close to the long term average for Stellenbosch, which came as a relief to many. With more moisture in the soil, the vines showed strong, even budding in the Spring.
In the Cellar
As usual all grapes were hand picked and placed into lug boxes for manual sorting so that only the most perfectly ripe bunches were selected. Then whole berries were put into 600L wooden open-top fermenters. These filled barrels all fermented spontaneously and individually, each developing its own flavours and aromas, resulting in far greater complexity than could be achieved by fermenting a single volume. The wine was left to mature on lees over the course of 16 months in small French oak barrels, predominantly older oak. Minimal intervention throughout meant that the wine was able to develop its won personality, rather than a contrived commercial character.
Technical Bits
VARIETAL: Cabernet Sauvignon
APPELLATION: Stellenbosch
Alcohol 12.5%vol
Total Acidity 6g/l
pH 3.63
Residual Sugar 1.3g/l
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